Anchor and reel therefor



April 8, V1930. s. F. Bol-1M 11,753,737.

ANCHOR AND REEL THEREFOR' Filgdxpril 2, 1928 z swans-snm` 1 STEP//E/vBoff/n @7 April 8, 1930. s. F. BQHM ANCHOR AND REEL THEREFOR FiledApril; 2, 1928 2f Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 8, 1939 UNETED f*sri-iras'g PATENTl oFFlcE l s'rEPHENr. BOEM, or olonne, iLLrNors ANCHORAND REEL THEEEEQE,

Application filed April 2,

This invention relates to improvements'in boat anchors and reelstherefor; p

The principal obJect of the invention is t-o i provide an improvedanchor having drag arms arranged to be folded into compact relation withrespec-t to the body of the anchor for convenience in carrying orstoring the same when not in use.

Another object is to provide Van anchor the 20 or horizontal positionand which has a locking device for locking the winding members againstrotation. A Y Y Further obgects relate to variousfeatures ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be apparent from aconsideration of the following specification and accompanying drawings,wherein: Y

Figure l is side elevation of the reel shown attached inkhorizontalposition to the side or rear end of a boat by a. readily detach'- ableclamping device.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the reel on the clamp side thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on a horizontal line through thecenter of Figure 1.

Figure 4 are detached details illustrating features of the lockingmechanism. A

Figure 5 is a broken perspective view showing the clamping device.

side of boat by a bolt, the clamp lever having been discarded.

Figure 7 is an elevation of my improved v anchor, the drag arms being infolded relation.

Figure 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of the anchor. y

Figure 9 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 9-9 of Figure 8.

"o In the drawings the 10, 11 are cup shaped ,previously referred to.yvBothdisks 21 'are Figure 6 illustrates the reel attached to a 192'8.`Serial No. 266,529;

side plates provided with ears 12 between three pairs of which extendspacing tubes 13 and bolts 14 for securing the plates in spacedrelation. Between the fourth pairv of earsl is a roller 16 rotatable onthe boltl over which roller the anchor line 18 passes when the anchor israised orlowered.

CentrallyV secured to the outer surface of each plate 10, 11 isa disk 19having a number of pressed studs 20'Whi`ch pass through correspondingholes in the plates, the studs being riveted "over on theiruinner-endsto secure the disks to the plates. v The disks 19 form bearingsforthefieduced ends 21, of

the reelshaft 22 as shown clearly in Figure v 3.V Secured to the shaft-22against shoulders 23 are the reel disks 24;"which rotate with theshaft 22 and confine the chai-n 18 on the'large central drum portion 25of the shaft. The disks 21 'arehoused within the peripheral flanges 10,11a of the respective plates' 10, 11 which arrangement prevents the line`18` fromslipping over the disks-when the reel is nearly full or `whenthe line .comes in at an angle. A h0le'26 is provided in the shaft forattaching the chain. Between the reel disks 24 and the respective platesl0, 11

are disposed spacing washers 27 which prevent'lateral movement ofthewinding mechanism which isl actuatable b-y a crank 28 secured tothethreaded end 29 of the. shaft 22 byanut30.v'

As shown in Figure 3`the reel disks'21- arey centrally depressed to aplane slightly inwardly of theiplane of the outer rim or flange portion24a. `The, curved connecting portions 31`of the disks are provided withopenings V32 which form part of the locking mechanism shown .providedwith such Vopenings 32 but it u 0 will be understood that only the disk211 ad jacent the plate 10 need beso formed kbut as the disks as atpresent made are' formed by the same die the openings appearin'both; n

A locking slide Vcomprising a manually op# erable angular member 33, issecured byriV ets 34, 35 tortwo small plates 36, 37: as shown` Y inFigure 4i The plate 36 slides in an open# ing. 38 provided in platelOvwhlile the innerslide plate .37 .overlaps the said opening andprevents withdrawal of the locking slide. T he rivet 34 may be formed asa stud at its inner end which is slidable into any one of the openings.32 in the reel disk 24 to lock the reel against rotation as will beclear. Thus i brackets to two adjacent bolts 14 as shown in Figure l.The plate 39 has `an opening4l for receiving a bolt 42 which also passesthrough an opening in the angular clamp member 43, the upper end ofwhich is reduced to form an extension 44 whichpasses loosely into asecond opening 45 in the plate 39. By means of a nut 46 the clamp 43 canbe forced against the side of boat or a boat seat for detachablysecuring the reel in place.

When desired the plate 48 may be dispensed with and the reel securedtothe side of a boat by the bolt 42 as shown in Figure 6.

The anchor shown in Figures 7 8 and 9 has a centrally bored body 46provided with a recess 47 in its lower end. The lower end is alsoprovided with pairs of ears 48` betweeny each pair of which is pivoted adrag arm 49,

a preferably threein number. The arms are curved or arcuate as shownandare movable on their pivots to the position shown in Fige ure 7.lVhen in this inoperativeposition the anchor can bettransportedconveniently or placed in a yrelatively small'place, as under the seatof a boat. i Y

Passing through the central passage of the body 46 is a slidable rod 50having an enthe spirit of the invention as defined in the appendedclaim.

What I claim is: An anchor comprising a body provided with alongitudinal passage, integral ears at the lower end of the body,arcuate drag arms pivoted adjacent their lower ends to'said ears, saidarms being movable on said pivots in a direction to cause the upper endsof the arms to bear against the body member, a rod slidable in saidpassage and having its upper end enlarged tolimit the movement of thesame through the passagein one direction, the enlarged portion of therod having an opening therein for attachment to an anchor line, a platesecured to` the lower end of the rod adapted to contact with thelower'ends of said arms and to swing the upper ends of the arms awayfrom the body member when the rod is moved in the passage by the anchorline.

In witness whereof I havesubscribed my name.

` STEPHEN F. BOI-IM.

larged upper end 51 provided with an open- Y' ing 52 for attaching theanchor line 18. To the lower end of the rod is secured a` plate 53'which is adapted to bear against the inner rounded ends of the drag arms49. As will be apparent from the above description when the anchor issuspended by the anchor liney attached to the rod 50, the weightof thebody 46 will force the arms 49 outwardly to the operative positionindicated by dotted lines in Figure 8, in whichposition the arms willdig in or drag on the bottom of the lake or river and anchors the boat.Should the boat tend to move, the tugging on the anchor line will causethe plate 53 to exert pressure on the inner ends of the arms 49 and movethe free ends away from thebody 46 to the dotted line position, in casethe arms have become folded against the body whileresting on the riveror lake bed. Y i

Although- I have shown certain features of -my improvements for thepurpose'of illustra-v tion, it will be apparent that various changes maybe made therein without departing from

